Maher said that Grimm (R-Staten Island/Brooklyn) is one of the first two congressmen nominated for his "Flip a District" campaign, which looks to find the worst member of Congress.

Under the campaign, viewers nominate a candidate in a competitive race this year that they want to see defeated, according to Politico.

The other early pick is GOP Rep. Blake Farenthold of Texas.

Maher called Grimm and Farenthold the "first two public embarrassments."

"He's a guy who thrust himself into the running this year by threatening to throw a reporter off the balcony of the Capitol," Maher said, referring to Grimm's threatening of a NY1 reporter. "He seems to be all of Staten Island distilled in one man and there is a lot of enthusiasm out there for making him go away."

Grimm is running against Democrat Domenic M. Recchia Jr., a former city councilman from Brooklyn.

The congressman dismissed the Maher effort.

"From the ultra-liberal new Mayor Bill de Blasio and now the left-wing, anti-Catholic Bill Maher, a troubling pattern is emerging where the most radical progressives in the country are coming out and supporting my opponent," said Grimm.

The congressman said, "There's one reason why hyper-partisan, West Coast liberals like Bill Maher, who bash the people of Staten Island, are rallying behind my opponent: Because they know that I am the only counterpoint to the left-wing, all-Democrat chorus that's bankrupting New York City."

Maher announced the picks on his HBO show "Real Time with Bill Maher."

Grimm and Farenthold are the first two of Maher's "Tweet Sixteen," with 14 more lawmakers to be revealed and featured in an NCAA-like bracket.

In the end, one member will be chosen upon which Maher will focus his efforts.

Maher called Farenthold "the poster boy for why we are doing this. He won in 2010 by 799 votes and then they redistricted it. They gerrymandered it and in 2012, he won, going away, by 18 points."